Improve your skateboarding skills - give skimboarding a try

Looking to elevate your skateboarding game? We have a tip for you: try skimboarding. Skimming makes practicing your tricks much easier and less painful. Plus, it's ideal for this season!

Ever thought, 'If only there was a way to perfect that trick without so much pain'? Well, there is! With the evolution of action sports, you can use various methods to enhance your skills. One effective method is transferring your knowledge to a similar sport.

The ideal combination - skateboarding and skimboarding

If you are into skateboarding, a skimboard can significantly boost your performance, especially flatland skimboarding, which focuses on tricks rather than wave surfing.

A skimboard isn't attached to your feet, making the feel of the board and the riding style very similar to skateboarding. You control the board and maintain balance in the same position and with the same part of your foot.

The benefits of skimboarding over skateboarding

One of the biggest benefits of skimboarding is that it's done in water. Basically, you can skim even on rainy days since you're getting wet anyway. We know that skateboarding outside when it's wet isn't very 'healthy' for your bearings and trucks.

Skimboarding, on the other hand, actually requires water, so whether it's sunny or a gloomy, rainy day, you can get out and practice.

Many tricks you aim to master on your skateboard can also be done on a skimboard. Some of the best ones include a classic shove it, a 360, and a big spin shove it. Additionally, if you want to practice getting some air time with kickers or try rails, skimboarding is an excellent starting point.

Less pain, more gain!

Speaking of tricks, we all know they demand commitment, and this commitment often means pain. Anyone who skateboards knows that landing a trick results from many times actually not landing it. And yes, it hurts, especially on concrete, stairs, and metal rails.

The fear of getting hurt can hinder your progress and limit your commitment. It makes sense that if you remove the factor causing this fear, you're more likely to commit and succeed with the trick.

This is where skimboarding can really help you improve in skating as well. Since you skim on water and sand, the amount of pain and injuries is significantly reduced while you can still practice the same tricks as on concrete.

Especially if you're just starting to tackle obstacles, kickers, rails, etc., you can gain more air-time awareness and balance on the skimboard, which you can later transfer to your skateboard. All this with fewer bruises and road rashes.

Tempted?! Give it a shot, it's worth it and you can only benefit! Check out our stock of flatland DB skimboards, rise to the challenge, and improve!